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Midori (Japanese Dictionary)
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Powerful Japanese dictionary

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Description

Midori is a Japanese-English, English-Japanese dictionary. It's a perfect tool for those who are studying Japanese, with 890,000 entries, 150,000 example sentences, and many features that will make your Japanese learning experience much easier.

DICTIONARY ENTRIES

• More than 170,000 word entries. Each entry shows readings, meanings, and kanji breakdown.• More than 12,000 kanji entries. Each entry shows readings, meanings, and example compounds.• Example sentences with furigana (small hiragana above kanji).• Words in example sentences are linked to the definitions.• Over 6,000 kanji with stroke order diagrams and stroke order animations.• Over 720,000 Japanese proper names, place names, given names, company names and product names.

SEARCH & TRANSLATE

• Search words by kana or romaji, such as あき or aki• Search kanji by drawing them. Our Japanese handwriting recognition can handle arbitrary stroke order.• Search kanji by radicals, e.g. 禾 + 火 -> 秋• Search suggestion when the input is in a conjugated form, e.g. 走った -> 走る• Search with wildcard characters, e.g. 日*人 returns all words that start with 日 and end with 人• Search with the SKIP system• Partial results when the full word is not found, e.g. searching for 青い本 returns the results for 青い and 本• Fast incremental search gives you the result instantly as you type

LISTS & BOOKMARKS

• List of kanji as taught in Japanese schools from grade 1 to 6• List of kanji by frequency as appeared in Japanese newspapers• List of kanji and words by Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) levels• Lists of hiragana and katakana, each with stroke diagram and animation• Bookmarks with folders support. You can export, import, or share bookmarks with your friends.

Visit our website at www.midoriapp.com to learn more about the app. If you have any questions, please let us know at support@midoriapp.com Thank you!

What's New

Version History

1.8.13

Sep 28, 2017

- iOS 11 compatibility- When you search for a word in a conjugated form, Midori now tells you what form it is. For example, "作られる" is "passive."- Lists of kanji taught in Japanese high schools- Bug fixes

1.8.12

Jun 22, 2017

- Use handwriting anywhere in the app, including the Translate tab- Safari extension- New design for the handwriting keyboard on iPad- Shortcuts for iPad external keyboards. Press cmd+F to look up new words instantly.- Speed improvement

1.8.6

To search for a kanji with SKIP, first determine how the kanji can be divided into two parts, then count the strokes of each part. For example, to search for 仕, you can use "left-right, 2, 3".

* The SKIP (System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns) system for ordering kanji was developed by Jack Halpern (Kanji Dictionary Publishing Society at http://www.kanji.org/), and is used with his permission.

1.8.5

Oct 1, 2015

- 3D Touch for iPhone 6sPress lightly on a word to peek at its meaning. Press a little deeper to pop into it.

- iOS 9 MultitaskingNow you can use Midori with another app side by side on iPad Air 2 or iPad mini 4.

1.8.4

Dec 29, 2014

- Tap on a headword to hear its pronunciation- Furigana in the Translate tab (can be turned off in Settings)- Ability to bookmark names- Lists of loanwords (外来語)- French definitions (enable in Settings)- Bug fixes and general improvements

1.8.2

Mar 14, 2014

- Add example sentences to bookmarks- Word origins for loanwords. For example, the entry for アルバイト now shows the German origin 'Arbeit'- Pronunciation for any numbers with counters, e.g. 8冊 (はっさつ)- Option to change the app's tint color (in Settings > Midori > Theme)- Tap 'Search' on the bottom bar to clear the search bar and bring up the keyboard, even on the search screen.- Lists of words by part of speech- Updated database (over 400 new entries)- Use the regular Helvetica Neue font to be consistent with iOS 7.1- Bug fixes and speed improvement, including smaller executable size

1.8.1

Dec 12, 2013

- Dialect information. For example, めっちゃ and おもろい are now marked as Kansai dialect.

1.8

Dec 3, 2013

- New design for iOS 7- Updated database (over 11,000 new entries)- Tap and hold any example sentence to hear it read aloud- Toggle furigana and translation of any example sentence- Improved kanji radical keyboard for iPhone- Look up numbers- Search results with the same reading are sorted by frequency of use- Export bookmarks as .tsv for using with Anki- Kanji numbers from Remembering the Kanji (6th ed.)- Speed improvement and bug fixes

1.7.3

Dec 5, 2012

Wildcard search.• Use a question mark ("?") to specify a single character.• Use an asterisk ("*") to specify zero or more characters.

Examples:• 日?語 finds words of length 3 that start with 日 and end with 語.• 日*語 finds words of any length that start with 日 and end with 語.• *大学 finds words that end with 大学.• *好* finds words that contain 好.

1.7.2

Oct 8, 2012

- Support for iOS 6 and iPhone 5- Ability to add notes to entries- Improved English-to-Japanese translation for some words- Parts of speech are now shown by default- Bug fixes

1.7.1

Jul 11, 2012

- Fix crashes when searching for certain words in romaji

1.7

Jun 28, 2012

- Look up Japanese and English words at the same time. No more switching between J/E and E/J. (Optional)- Example sentences search. Search across word boundaries, such as "魚を食べる". (This feature is off by default.)- No delay when switching to the handwriting recognition mode.- Handwriting recognition now shows 16 results instead of 8. Swipe the results to the left to see more kanji.- Short pause between strokes in kanji animation.- Improved performance when opening a folder with many words.- Faster translation.- Bug fixes

Be sure to check out Settings > Midori for options you might have missed.

1.6.4

Mar 16, 2012

- Support for the Retina display on the new iPad- One tap search: tap the Search button on the tab bar to look up a new word immediately- Backward search by adding * in front of the keyword, such as *学校- Partial results when there is no exact match. For example, searching for 読売新聞 now returns 読売 and 新聞 instead of single kanjis.- Lists now use gray color to indicate okurigana instead of using dots. (iOS 5 only)- Many bug fixes

1.6.3

Jan 10, 2012

- Ability to tap kun readings in kanji breakdown- Ability to tap compounds in kanji flashcards directly- Start flashcards quickly after the initial setting- Improvements for flashcards in the spaced repetition mode * The title bar shows how many cards you have answered * Swipe up the ✔ button to answer "strongly correct"- The Translate section on the iPhone now works like on the iPad- Japanese localization- Many bug fixes

1.6.1

Nov 14, 2011

• Kanji stroke order animation for iPhone (tap kanji to view animation)• JLPT vocabulary lists• Common word compounds• Show kanji directly in the search results when the input is a single kanji• Ability to share and import bookmarks as .midori files• Ability to export the entire bookmarks• Kanji Unicode values (enable in the Settings)• Kanji reference numbers from the Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary• Look up words from other apps via midori://search?text=• Speed improvement in iOS 5• Fix performance issue in the handwriting recognition• Various bug fixes

If you like Midori, please rate us in the App Store. Thank you!

1.6

Nov 9, 2011

(Updated: If you are using iPod touch (2nd generation) or iPhone 3G, please do not download this update, as it may cause crashes upon start. We've submitted the fix to the App Store, and it should get approved soon.)

New in this version:

• Kanji stroke order animation for iPhone (tap on kanji to view animation)• JLPT vocabulary lists • Common word compounds • More conjugations • Ability to export and import bookmarks as .midori files • Show kanji directly in the search results when the input is a single kanji • Kanji numbers from the Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary (enable in the Settings)• Kanji Unicode values (enable in the Settings) • Look up words from other apps via midori://search?text=... • Improved overall speed in iOS 5• Various bug fixes

If you like Midori, please rate us in the App Store. Thank you!

1.5

May 31, 2011

- Verb/adjective conjugator- Show conjugations in search results even if there are words that have the same form- New JLPT levels (N5-N1)- New user interface for flashcards with more options- Create flashcards from lists of kanji- Nested folders for bookmarks- Export bookmarks as CSV- Load example sentences much faster- Overall speed improvement- Bug fixes

1.4.2

Jan 22, 2011

• Midori is now a universal app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch• More concise example sentences• Other bugfixes

Note: the kanji radical keyboard and the stroke animation are available on the iPad only.

Sep 28, 2017

Version 1.8.13

- iOS 11 compatibility- When you search for a word in a conjugated form, Midori now tells you what form it is. For example, "作られる" is "passive."- Lists of kanji taught in Japanese high schools- Bug fixes